{"id":46497,"date":"2025-11-11T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/?p=46497"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:30:23","slug":"a-great-man-has-left-us-a-tribute-to-alban-damours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/a-great-man-has-left-us-a-tribute-to-alban-damours\/","title":{"rendered":"A great man has left us: A tribute to Alban D\u2019Amours"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Alban D’Amours<\/a>,\u00a0former President and CEO of Desjardins Group<\/a>, and a long-time governor and ambassador for Portage. A wise advisor, compassionate humanist and dedicated philanthropist, Mr. D’Amours leaves an enduring mark on Portage’s history.<\/p>\r\n

The Portage family extends its deepest condolences to his wife Denise-with whom he shared an extraordinary partnership-and to all his loved ones, whom he cherished dearly.<\/p>\r\n

Throughout his career, Mr. D’Amours placed people at the heart of everything he did, guided by values of solidarity, kindness and altruism.<\/p>\r\n

Combining his business acumen with a deep sense of social commitment, he embodied the spirit of the cooperative movement and upheld his “performance triangle” philosophy, maintaining a lasting balance between people, processes and results that defined his professional life.<\/p>\r\n

Portage was privileged to benefit from his wise counsel and heartfelt involvement, always rooted in the values that unite us. A firm believer in the power of education, he viewed knowledge as a vital lever for collective progress, often reminding us that “education at all levels is the key to success.”<\/p>\r\n

Today, we pay tribute to a true builder whose legacy will continue to inspire Portage in its mission to offer young people, adults and families a pathway toward a brighter future.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you, Mr. D’Amours, from the bottom of our hearts.<\/p>\r\n

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We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Alban D’Amours,\u00a0former President and CEO of Desjardins Group, and a long-time governor and ambassador for Portage. A wise advisor, compassionate humanist and dedicated philanthropist, Mr. D’Amours leaves an enduring mark on Portage’s history. The Portage family extends its deepest condolences to his wife Denise-with whom… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":46504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[353],"class_list":["post-46497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-quebec-news","tag-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46506,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46497\/revisions\/46506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}